In the northern hemisphere, ocean currents curve to the right because of?

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Micaela Colon

15 April, 19:04

In the northern hemisphere, ocean currents curve to the right because of?

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Some of the wind patterns (surface oven currents) are caused by the Coriolis force. If the Earth didn't rotate, wind would travel the globe in straight lines. Instead, the spin of the earth causes winds to seemingly curve to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and the left in the Southern Hemisphere.; )